World Can't Wait

For nine long years, wars of aggression have been delivered by the US to not only Iraq, Afghanistan but to Pakistan, and beyond under the guise of the “War on Terror” (now called “Global Contingency Operation” by Obama). A whole generation of youth is offered training by the military, enlistment bonuses, and told they will be “better off” or “have a real future” by joining the military, at time of unending war and economic distress. *We Are Not Your Soldiers* sets out to dispel the myths behind military recruitment and the glory that is portrayed, not by giving youth alternatives to the military, but by going deeply into the truth of what the recruiters are asking them to do once in the military, and empowering youth to resist recruiters themselves. Activists with World Can’t Wait have teamed up with Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam era veterans, using videos and personal accounts to show the horror that the US military inflicts on people in other countries. These presentations motivate youth and students to resist military recruiters, based on a solid foundation of moral opposition to war crimes, as part of an overall anti-war movement that aims to actually bring these wars to an end.

People who care about the humanity of women must boldly challenge the anti-scientific assumptions and anti-women morality that prevails throughout the debate over women’s right to abortion with clarity: not by seeking common ground with the movement that seeks nothing less than the submission of women to men. At a time when the country is fighting multiple unjust wars and during a time of great political and economic instability, racist tea-baggers should not be the only ones in the streets right now. We will discuss how the efforts to stand up for abortion rights interacts with our work to reverse the "Bush doctrine" of aggressive, torture, and indefinite detention, and the fascist direction of U.S. society associated with the Christian fundamentalists and the neo-cons. This presentation will include showing a video clip from “Abortion, Morality, and the Liberation of Women,” which we use in high school and college classes. We argue that “abortion is not murder; fetuses are not babies, and women are not incubators” and that confining our protest to what the Democratic Party accepts will just lead us further and further away from a world where women themselves can truly and freely decide when and whether to bear children.

For nine long years, wars of aggression have been delivered by the US to not only Iraq, Afghanistan but to Pakistan, and beyond under the guise of the “War on Terror” (now called “Global Contingency Operation” by Obama). A whole generation of youth is offered training by the military, enlistment bonuses, and told they will be “better off” or “have a real future” by joining the military, at time of unending war and economic distress. *We Are Not Your Soldiers* sets out to dispel the myths behind military recruitment and the glory that is portrayed, not by giving youth alternatives to the military, but by going deeply into the truth of what the recruiters are asking them to do once in the military, and empowering youth to resist recruiters themselves. Activists with World Can’t Wait have teamed up with Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam era veterans, using videos and personal accounts to show the horror that the US military inflicts on people in other countries. These presentations motivate youth and students to resist military recruiters, based on a solid foundation of moral opposition to war crimes, as part of an overall anti-war movement that aims to actually bring these wars to an end.

People who care about the humanity of women must boldly challenge the anti-scientific assumptions and anti-women morality that prevails throughout the debate over women’s right to abortion with clarity: not by seeking common ground with the movement that seeks nothing less than the submission of women to men. At a time when the country is fighting multiple unjust wars and during a time of great political and economic instability, racist tea-baggers should not be the only ones in the streets right now. We will discuss how the efforts to stand up for abortion rights interacts with our work to reverse the "Bush doctrine" of aggressive, torture, and indefinite detention, and the fascist direction of U.S. society associated with the Christian fundamentalists and the neo-cons. This presentation will include showing a video clip from “Abortion, Morality, and the Liberation of Women,” which we use in high school and college classes. We argue that “abortion is not murder; fetuses are not babies, and women are not incubators” and that confining our protest to what the Democratic Party accepts will just lead us further and further away from a world where women themselves can truly and freely decide when and whether to bear children.